The proposed overtime changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act will qualify about 5 million employees under the title of managers or with administrators' duties who are on salary to be compensated for their overtime. Companies are beginning to make changes to their...
Muchas veces los empleadores tienen reglas estrictas que requieren que el tiempo extra sea aprobado antemano. Sin embargo, si un empleador sabe, o tiene razones para saber, que un empleado trabaja horas extras, esas horas son compensables aunque no sean aprobadas....
Employers often have strict policies requiring overtime to be approved in advance. However, if an employer knows, or has reason to know, that an employee worked overtime, it is compensable time whether or not it was approved in advance. Recently a VA hospital was...
La ley federal permite a los empleadores a reclamar un crédito de $5.12 por hora por empleados que reciben propinas. Sin embargo, la disposición debe cumplir con las directrices estrictas establecidas por el Departamento de Labor ("DOL"). Si el arreglo...
Workers in Texas and across the United States should never be discriminated against based on any of their legally protected status characteristics. Unfortunately, that does not seem to deter businesses from trying to get away with doing it. A woman who worked for a...
Federal law allows employers to claim a credit of $5.12 per hour for tipped employees. However, the arrangement must meet the strict guidelines set by the Department of Labor ("DOL"). If the arrangement does not meet all of the DOL's criteria, the tip pool can be...
Before female employees in Texas and elsewhere are ready to bring new babies into the world, many want to continue to work for as long as possible. Although most are able to continue working, reasonable accommodations may be necessary, so the women can do their jobs...
The Texas Roadhouse, which is known for line dancing and great food, is involved in a lawsuit claiming that the restaurant was engaged in unfair employment practices. A 40-year-old woman who applied to work at the roadhouse alleges that she was not given the...
The Department of Labor announced today that Halliburton has agreed to pay $18.29 million to 1,016 workers in unpaid overtime compensation. The Department of Labor's investigation revealed that Halliburton paid twenty-eight (28) different types of workers, including...
Henry's Turkey Service, headquartered in Texas, is being accused of abusing 28 men with intellectual disabilities. The plaintiffs were allegedly being underpaid and resided within inhumane living conditions. Thirty-two men had apparently been subjected to the abuse,...